Tractebel has a new CEO

The old and the new CEO of Tractebel: Daniel Develay (left) and Olivier Biancarelli (right)

As of May 7, 2018 Olivier Biancarelli is the new CEO of Tractebel. He replaces Daniel Develay, who will assume the responsibility of the new Integration Management Office of ENGIE Group.

Olivier Biancarelli holds a Master’s degree in Law from the University of the Sorbonne and is a graduate of the Institut d’Etudes Politiques of Paris. He is also a former student of the Ecole Nationale d'Administration.

Olivier Biancarelli began his career in service of the French State in 2000 as a member of the prefectural corps before being appointed adviser to the Minister of the Interior in 2005 and then to the Head of State from 2007 to 2012.

He joined the ENGIE Group in 2012 as Assistant Secretary General and then created and led the Shared Services Department. In 2015, he was appointed to setup and manage a new activity dedicated to Decentralised solutions for cities and regions.

“My mission is to give continuity to the fantastic work Daniel Develay has been doing along with our more than 4,500 experts to position Tractebel as a global leading engineering and consulting company in energy, water and urban infrastructures. Besides Tractebel’s important consolidating businesses, we will continue to focus on consultancy, decentralised and digital solutions to anticipate the trends of this fast-changing world we are living in, and to optimize the solutions for our clients and stakeholders,” said Olivier Biancarelli.

Daniel Develay served Tractebel for more than 30 years. He began his career within the company as Design Engineer for a number of hydro and infrastructure projects in Tunisia, Madagascar, India, Turkey, Luxembourg and France. Throughout those years he held different positions such as project manager, chief resident engineer, CEO of Tractebel France and finally Global CEO of Tractebel since 2014.

“I am very pleased that Olivier Biancarelli will take over from me the position of Tractebel’s CEO. We have been working with Olivier and his team in past years in different missions related to decentralised solutions for cities and territories and I am convinced he is the best person to continue to drive Tractebel’s growth across the world and support our clients to shape the world of tomorrow,” said Daniel Develay.